Duterte: Magkita-kita tayo sa impyerno, Cesar Montano!

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Cesar Montano to
head the agency in charge of promoting tourism programs of the country.

Veteran actor Cesar Montano was appointed as head of the TPB
an attached agency of the Department of Tourism, in December 2016.

According to the Tourism Act of 2009, the TPB "shall be
responsible for marketing and promoting the Philippines domestically and
internationally as a major global tourism destination, highlighting the
uniqueness and assisting the development of its tourism products and services,
with the end in view of increasing tourist arrivals and tourism
investment."

Last March 2017, Montano allegedly entered into contracts
with producers to hold concerts and events where he was one of the performers.

He is also accused of "unbecoming behavior" –
hiring friends and relatives, using public funds for personal travels, and
incompetence.

Montano slammed the complaint against him as "baseless
and untrue."

"No one knows who is behind this and the said 'TPB
employees' who filed the complaint have neither come forward or presented any
evidence to substantiate claims," he said.

Duterte said that he continues to trust Montano, after he
was asked about the TPB employees' complaint filed before the Presidential
Action Center (PACE).

"All they have to do is file a case. If you have a
gripe and you think there is something wrong there, file a case, but I trust
the guy. Kaya ko in-appoint 'yan. Kung wala ako kumpyansa sa taong 'yan, 'di ko
[i-a-appoint] (That's why I appointed him. If I had no confidence in that
person, I would not have appointed him)," Duterte said.

President Duterte in a speech at the 11th
Ambassadors Tour Philippine reception in Davao City Friday July 14 seemed to
imply that he and Montano have certain in common when he remarked that they’ll
see each other in hell.